עָרוּם
arum · crafty, shrewd
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6175 · appears 11 times in the Bible
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arum (עָרוּם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “crafty, shrewd”.
Crafty, clever at getting what one wants. In Proverbs the same word is good ("prudent"); in Genesis 3:1 it describes the serpent. In Hebrew it sounds almost the same as "naked" (2:25).
How to say it
a·rum
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Skilled at deceiving with subtlety.
- Prudent: sees trouble coming and acts wisely.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- shrewd ×9
- crafty ×2
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more shrewd than any animal of the field that YHWH Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, “Did Elohim really say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
- Job 5:12
who frustrates the thoughts of the crafty, so that their hands do not achieve success;
- Job 15:5
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
- Proverbs 12:16
A fool: his vexation is known on that very day, but the shrewd man covers disgrace.
- Proverbs 12:23
A shrewd man covers knowledge, but the heart of the senseless proclaims folly.
- Proverbs 13:16
Every shrewd man acts with knowledge, but the senseless spreads out folly.
- Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the shrewd is to understand his way, but the folly of the senseless is deceit.
- Proverbs 14:15
The simple believes every word, but the shrewd understands his steps.
- Proverbs 14:18
The simple inherit folly, but the shrewd are crowned with knowledge.
- Proverbs 22:3
The shrewd sees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are fined.
- Proverbs 27:12
The shrewd sees evil and hides himself; the simple pass on and are fined.